Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Actor Richard Kiel, who starred in two James Bond films as the steel-toothed villain Jaws, died Wednesday. He was 74.
The 7-foot-2-inch actor was best known for playing the Bond villain in 1977′s The Spy Who Loved Me and 1979′s Moonraker, but a new generation got to know Kiel from his role in 1996′s Happy Gilmore as Adam Sandler’s adversary-turned-ally towards the end of the film.
His representative called him “a giant actor, a giant man, [and] a giant friend.”
“He was very loyal as we had a thirty-five year client and friend relationship,” his representative told ABC News. “He was a wonderful husband and great father. Richard lived life to the fullest, and I will miss him. A show business giant has left the stage. RIP dear friend.”
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